Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Old Photograph Public Park Ormiston Scotland
Old photograph of children in the Public Park in Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland. The village of Ormiston was the first planned village in Scotland, founded in 1735 by John Cockburn, born 1685, died 1758, one of the initiators of the Agricultural Revolution. The word Ormiston is derived from a half mythical Anglian settler called Ormr, meaning " serpent " or " snake ". Ormres family had possession of the land during the 12th and 13th centuries. Ormiston or Ormistoun is not an uncommon surname, and Ormr also survives in some English placenames such as Ormskirk and Ormesby. The latter part of the name, formerly spelt " toun ", is likely to descend from its Northumbrian Old English and later Scots meaning as " farmstead " or " farm and outbuildings " rather than the meaning " town ". Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.
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